Town still waiting for $500,000 in FEMA funds

Thursday

Jun 13, 2013 at 2:00 AM

By Jason Graziadei

ljgraziadei@inkym.com I&M Staff Writer

(June 13, 2013) The glancing blow from Hurricane Sandy and the winter storms in February and March left Nantucketís waterfront heavily damaged. Repairs to a number of areas, from the Easy Street basin to the Town Pier, which suffered significant damage, and Sheep Pond Road on the south shore, are already underway, but reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agencyís disaster≠relief funds have not yet materialized.

Between the cost of repairs and future mitigation, Nantucket has pending claims with FEMA totaling more than $500,000. The federal agency, however, has been swamped by reimbursement requests from communities up and down the East Coast, said Nantucketís emergency management coordinator Dave Fronzuto, and payments have been delayed.

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